Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars.

If we're exchanging common sense slogans, I like quoting Peter Ventoklis: "Taking my gun away because I might shoot someone is like cutting my tongue out just because I might yell, 'FIRE!' in a crowded theatre." (Found in Claire Wolfe's "101 Things to do before the Revolution.")

Also relevant to DC's current gun ban is the Dakota Sioux saying "When you discover you're riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to disout." (Found it in Claire Wolfe's sequil "Don't Shoot the Bastards (Yet).")

Last June, after living in DC for only 6 months, I had my iPod stolen right out of my hand two doors down from my house in North West DC (the supposedly safe quadrent). There were 5-6 cops on the tiny block at the time because a bunch of highschoolers were brawling on the opposite corner. As I ran after the kid (teenager) who took it, a cop caught up alongside of me running and told me to wait. 45 seconds later he returned to tell me the kid got away. Never heard from it again.

I'm pretty sure I hear gun shots from window about once a week. I don't know what a gun shot in an urban area from a distance sounds like, but I doubt people are dropping 2x4's at 1-3am.

I'm very suspicious of Marion introducing this bill, but if it lets law abiding citizens to own (and maybe carry - the article didn't say) handguns, then I'm all for it and may take advantage myself.

It is estimated that when you meet a stranger, their impression of you is based 55 per cent on your appearance and body language, 38 per cent on your style of speaking and a mere 7 per cent on what you actually say.

5 minutes of trying to get into the shower (hey, it's 5 AM, cut me a break). I usually hit the snooze button between 4-6 times so you'll get no stone throwing from me! ;o)

I usually hit the snooze 4-6 times as well, but some days, like today, I'll wake up an hour after the alarm initially went off.

Then 5 minutes throwing on clothes and brushing my teeth 2 minutes getting crap from my roommate 10 minute sprint to class 1 hour catching my breath in class and wondering if smoking the Red while sprinting was a good idea or not.